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Will spare none, Mamata after meeting Cooch Behar victims' families

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the families of the victims who were killed at Sitalkuchi during the fourth phase of polling

Delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs to meet EC officials today in Delhi

A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs will meet Election Commission officials in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, the party said

Mixed performance by West Bengal in implementation of big central schemes

The state has been a top performer in FY21 on Central schemes like MGNREGA, But its performance in distribution of free grains during the lockdown to the poor had been dismal

Bengal reports highest one-day spike of 4,817 Covid cases, 20 more deaths

West Bengal on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day spike of 4,817 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the tally to 6,24,224, the health department said in a bulletin.

Mamata Banerjee has realised TMC will lose the election: Rajnath

Singh Tuesday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has realized that Trinamool Congress will lose the ongoing assembly poll to the BJP

Mamata Banerjee stages dharna in Kolkata to protest 24-hr campaign ban

Banerjee on Tuesday staged a 3.5-hour-long dharna in the heart of the city

EC imposed campaign ban on Mamata at BJP's behest, says Sanjay Raut

Raut on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission's decision to bar Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours was taken at the behest of the BJP.

Trinamool Congress, Cong, Left parties depend on outsiders: Amit Shah

Shah took on Mamata Banerjee for her oft-repeated 'outsider' barb

Gorkha problem to be fixed after BJP comes to power in Bengal: Amit Shah

Shah on Tuesday gave assurance that a political solution to the long-drawn "Gorkha problem" in the Hills will be reached once the BJP forms government in West Bengal.

EC's decision to ban Mamata from campaigning taken at behest of BJP: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission's decision to bar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours was taken at the behest of the BJP

Bloodshed in Bengal

Violence has become a tragic fixture of state politics

West Bengal records 4,511 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest one-day spike

West Bengal on Monday registered 4,511 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the pandemic started last year, the state health department said. Kolkata also set a record of 1,115 new cases. The state also reported this year's highest COVID-19 fatalities at 14 on Monday, pushing the death toll to 10,414. The coronavirus caseload rose to 6,19,407, the department said in a bulletin. It said that 1,947 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases currently is 26,531. In the last 24 hours, 37,116 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state.

West Bengal: BJP to hold 2,000 small 'potho sabhas' in and around Kolkata

Shah will launch a massive public outreach campaign from Tuesday during which more than 2,000 street corner meetings will be held in over 40 assembly seats, party leaders said on Monday.

Election Commission working as BJP wing, black day for democracy: TMC

The TMC claimed that the poll panel was behaving like a "wing of the BJP" and its decision smacks of authoritarianism

Prime Minister Modi reaches out to weaker sections at Bengal rally

Modi assured justice to all refugees, Matua and Namasudra and at the same time criticised the Trinamool Congress for equating them with beggars

TMC abusing scheduled castes only because they support BJP: PM Modi

Modi on Monday said Trinamool Congress (TMC) is abusing Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) only because they support Bharatiya Janata Party

Politically ban those threatening more Cooch Behar-like killings: Mamata

This was an apparent jibe at state BJP leaders

Mamata 'clean bowled', her entire team asked to leave field: Modi

Modi said on Monday the people of Bengal have hit so many fours and sixes in the first four phases of the assembly polls that the BJP has already completed its century

Congress to intensify campaign in last four phases in West Bengal

The Congress has decided to intensify its campaign in the next four phases of elections in West Bengal, which the party thinks are its strongholds

PM Modi, Amit Shah to hold multiple rallies in poll-bound West Bengal today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address several public programs in poll-bound West Bengal on Monday